For some reason "Walking in Memphis" wasn't the song triggered.
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
No, I've completely forgotten Hammer; do I want to be reminded?
I feel guilty for making the association from this conversation, but Betsy, do you remember Evie? What ever happened to her?
Can drive to 4 other states in about an hour depending on traffic
Hey, I can drive to two other states in about an hour (well, one in about 5 minutes) It climbs to two to four for beyond that, though.
You had me all happy and excited, Heather, with the AK, which is indeed Alaska. I think I am the only AK here, and I'm not in driving distance (ok, distance, but no road) to ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. I love it here, but wish visiting was easier, and mostly cheaper.
I have a friend from high school years who, last I heard, was up there.
I was rereading my last mail about her the other day. Deb hasn't heard from Evie's ex-husband again, but the last news was that she was not expected to recover any further than she already had. She was aphasic, paralyzed on the right side, and living in a nursing home in Virginia. The combination of the aphasia and of her preexisting deafness meant that they weren't sure how much communication was getting through. She also had significant short-term memory damage.
I-40 Road Construction Gnomes
Fantabulous! I'm in NC and the gnomes are busy here as well.
My favorite Alaska story: A woman in my dorm moved to Alaska when she was a little girl and hated it -- so far away from grandma and grandpa, friends, etc. To comfort her, one of the stories her parents told her was that Alaska was the state Santa visited first. So, she got all the nice presents, and little boys and girls in the rest of the world got the squished ones from the bottom of his bag.
The I-40 gnomes are in all places at all times (or, all places along I-40, anyway). They're evil that way.